Controlling friction with external electric or magnetic fields: 25 examples

J Krim - Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Studies of the fundamental origins of friction have progressed rapidly in recent years,
yielding valuable information on the relative contributions of electronic, magnetic …

QCM study of tribotronic control in ionic liquids and nanoparticle suspensions

CM Seed, B Acharya, J Krim - Tribology Letters, 2021 - Springer
A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique has been employed to tune friction at liquid–
solid interfaces with tribotronic methods employing externally applied electric fields in both …

Illuminating Pathways to Dynamic Nanotribology: Light‐Mediated Active Control of Interfacial Friction with Nanosuspensions

LM Leidens, AF Michels, G Machado, F Alvarez… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Active control of nanotribological properties is a challenge. Materials responsive to external
stimuli may catalyze this paradigm shift. Recently, the nanofriction of a thin film is modulated …

Engineering frictional characteristics of MoS2 structure by tuning thickness and morphology-An atomic, electronic structure, and exciton analysis

J Kashyap, J Torsiello, Y Kakehi, D Datta - arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.09317, 2022 - arxiv.org
We performed atomic and electron dynamics analysis to study the impact of morphological
and thickness changes of a MoS2 system on its tribological properties through a diamond …